jarrett Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 On this day In 1944 a flight of Mosquitoes took off from Hunsdon airfield in Herfordshire for a raid on Amiens prison in France where French resistance and political prisoners were being held,some awaiting execution,it was a precision attack with the walls being breached and a number of captives escaping although many were later caught but the raid did destroy a lot of German documentaion on resistants and other prisoners. There is some British Pathe film of the raid on youtube and a lot has been written about the raid if you care to search,i will raise a glass tommorow night to you gentlemen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvinthemartian Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Lost a great man on this raid, not to mention all the others who were also lost. RIP P.C Pickard and his nav Alan Broadley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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